UFO Over Santa Clarita

Shot October 2012 while driving through Santa Clarita. There were two crafts. After sighting the first I stopped the car and ran into a field for a better look. What happened next was unbelievable.

UPDATE: This video is a hoax directed by Aristomenis (Meni) Tsirbas of MeniThings Productions in partnership with the Gnomon School of Visual Effects. While Meni was responsible for direction, animation and lighting, a crew of talented Gnomon School students were assigned concept design, modeling and texturing for this all-CGI photoreal VFX experiment.

Wolf Sanctuary - Pack Howling

We visited a wolf sanctuary this past weekend and one of the wolves started howling, which led to a symphony of howls from all 30 of the wolves. It was insane, and we were in one of the pack's cages right in the middle of it all.

Any unauthorized use of this video is not permitted. You are not welcome to use this video for monetary gain in any way. This video is strictly for entertainment purposes.

The Science of Aging

Why do we age, from a biological perspective? Written and created by Mitchell Moffit (twitter @mitchellmoffit) and Gregory Brown (twitter @whalewatchmeplz).

Etna - 6 Marzo 2013 -

Last Tuesday and Wednesday there was a powerful volcanic eruption at Mount Etna in Italy. The eruption sent fountains of lava high into the air and caused heavy fallout of ash along the northeastern flank of the volcano. The eruption was caught on film by Klaus Dorschfeldt.

A Brief History of Lyric Videos

There's a good argument that lyric videos count as a whole new genre. Here's that genre's history, presented in its own style.

Referenced videos:
Bob Dylan - Subterranean Homesick Blues: http://youtu.be/Vx4pRyEtit4
Prince - Sign O The Times: http://youtu.be/5zIjtwsrXfk
George Michael - Praying For Time: http://youtu.be/goroyZbVdlo
Saul Bass' titles for Psycho: http://youtu.be/s4L9J-CUAl8
Jarrett Moody's "Pulp Fiction" scene: http://youtu.be/HoDJhlaX0LA
Jonathan Coulton - Shop Vac: http://youtu.be/y4sOfO8Ei1g
Katy Perry - Firework: http://youtu.be/vlLgvQErn6o
Cee Lo Green - F*** You: http://youtu.be/CAV0XrbEwNc

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Lyric videos are all over YouTube like a rash. Record companies love 'em. And for good reason.

They're very cheap, compared to a full video. They can be released earlier, which means there's more than a static picture for the many people who mainly listen to music through YouTube. And they separate the official release from all the unofficial fan videos that inevitably pop up.

Lyric videos are older than that, though. There's an argument that Bob Dylan's 1965 Subterranean Homesick Blues counts as one.

In 1987, Prince's video for Sign O The Times was perhaps the first proper lyric video. Just pulsing shapes and moving words, complete with the slightly dodgy punctuation and abbreviations that you'd see from an amateur video today.

And in 1990, George Michael's "Praying for Time" just had classy white text on a black background. That wouldn't look out of place if it'd been put together a quarter of a century later in Windows Movie Maker.

The modern, professional lyric video can trace its roots back to kinetic, or dynamic, typography. Inspired by, among others, the movie titles of designer Saul Bass, there was a YouTube trend for taking famous scenes from films and animating the dialogue. Jarratt Moody's dynamic 'Pulp Fiction' scene stole the show here.

That led to a trend through 2010 for animated lyrics - most notably a gorgeous and painstakingly-animated video for Jonathan Coulton's Shop Vac uploaded in November 2010. But by then, Katy Perry's management had started releasing simple lyric videos - just subtitles on a photo background. These were to compete with the fans, who'd been putting up unofficial ones for years. These unofficial videos often had inaccurate or mispelled lyrics, and in some cases - to get around YouTube's automated copyright systems - they'd speed up the music slightly, mangling the original track just so their lyric tribute could survive.

In 2010, Cee-Lo Green made the first mainstream, dynamic, and massively popular modern lyric video - for the song that middle America knew as 'Forget You'. And suddenly, everyone had to have one.

Some of them are amazing feats of design, and have brought the art of motion graphics back into the public eye. Some of them... are terrible. But as long as YouTube's around: well, they're here to stay.

WORST CONDITIONS for a СORNER KICK EVER

Seen in the Kazakshtan League match...

My cat can see the rotating snake illusion!

Can cats experience visual illusions? Show your cat the rotating snakes illusion (available here: http://www.ritsumei.ac.jp/~akitaoka/i...), film it and let me know the result by filling in this form:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1eFIR...

If enough people do this we might be able to crowdsource some real evidence that cats can see visual illusions!

/Rasmus

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Sure it is anecdotal evidence, but anyway. The snake illusion is made by Professor Akiyoshi Kitaoka. See his homepage for more nice illusions: http://www.ritsumei.ac.jp/~akitaoka/i... .

Elevator Murder Experiment

http://deadmandownmovie.com/
What would you do if you walked into a murder in progress? Two guys asked themselves the same question and staged a murder-in-progress inside a New York City elevator. Hidden cameras recorded people's reactions. What would you do?

Music: "Delicate Decisions" by Philip Guyler
http://www.audionetwork.com/productio...

The state of the Internet, explained with cats

According to Devin | via

Cats Can Be Jerks

Yes, i know... Cats being total jerks for no apparent reason.

Take a Seat - Make a Friend?

SoulPancake hits the streets to see what happens when two strangers sit in a ball pit... and talk about life's big questions.

Flying over a family of coyotes in the grassy hills

Thomas Renck, a hobbyist whose camera-equipped tricopter captured a pack of wild coyotes sweeping across a hillside in Riverside, California, USA.

Holi - Festival Of Colors

If you live in a large, multi-ethnic city virtually anywhere in the world it is a possibility that in the next few weeks you will see groups of people in parks merrily spattering each other with paint. While you might be excused for thinking that it is a new form of corporate team building - and what a great one that would be - you would be wrong.

The throwing of multi-colored water and powder is in fact the Festival of Colors, also known as Holi.

Humans Yelling Like Goats Yelling Like Humans

Wait a second... Inspired by the compilations of goats yelling like humans, the guys from OldePayphone do the humans yelling like goats yelling like humans.

Three - The Pony #DancePonyDance

Never underestimate the power of a plucky little pony.
Make someone's day with your own pony mashup at http://ThePonyMixer.com #DancePonyDance

Baby lamb is born today

It's a girl!!! Today Trivia the Mouflon had her baby! Here she is at a few hours old. Comment with name ideas! (I'm sticking with a Roman/Greek theme).

Everyday Things You Never Knew Had Names

BuzzFeed compiles a few of those things that we deal with or see everyday, but have no idea what they are called.

Panera Commercial (Extended) - Live Consciously. Eat Deliciously

www.panerabread.com/liveconsciouslyeatde­liciously.  When Panera began we decided to bake fresh bread from fresh dough. That made us wonder, what else could we do the right way? We've come together with our communities to help feed people in need. In addition to creating delicious food that you can trust. Panera Bread -- Live Consciously. Eat Deliciously.

Abbott's Village Bakery - Free Range Bread Farm

Abbott's Village Bakery raise their bread with only the tastiest ingredients, a delicious dusting of unique toppings and no artificial colours, flavours or e-numbers. It may seem a little strange to some, but free range is the only way to raise bread. Let them roam free and grow up in their own unique little way. Look at all those happy breads.

Deer Attacks Cyclist

Jeffro gets served by a Deer during the 2013 Monster Cross and Mountain Bike Presented by GROUNDFORCE
Music: "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy" courtesy of http://incompetech.com - Creative Commons license

The Ultimate Goat Edition Supercut

That weird moment when the goat is better than the singers. You can't stop laughing. (Part 2) http://youtu.be/HN-EDOyJJTA

Tire Ski Jumping

Only in Japan. What happens when you roll a tire down a ski jumping ramp? Tires used are from normal cars, a truck, a Formula 1 car and even a tractor.

DRM CHAIR

The DRM Chair has only a limited number of use before it self-destructs. The number of use was set to 8, so everyone could sit down and enjoy a single time the chair.

A small sensor detects when someone sits and decrements a counter. Every time someone sits up, the chair knocks a number of time to signal how many uses are left. When reaching zero, the self-destruct system is turned on and the structural joints of the chair are melted.
This was a 48h-long project, from concept to final video shooting.
This is our final entry for thedeconstruction.org.

DRM CHAIR from thibault brevet on Vimeo.

Hans Rosling: Religions and babies

Hans Rosling had a question: Do some religions have a higher birth rate than others -- and how does this affect global population growth? Speaking at the TEDxSummit in Doha, Qatar, he graphs data over time and across religions. With his trademark humor and sharp insight, Hans reaches a surprising conclusion on world fertility rates.

In Hans Rosling’s hands, data sings. Global trends in health and economics come to vivid life. And the big picture of global development—with some surprisingly good news—snaps into sharp focus.

"Homer Shake" | THE SIMPSONS | Animation on FOX

Now the longest-running scripted show in television history, THE SIMPSONS reside in the town of Springfield. HOMER (Dan Castellaneta) works as a safety inspector at the local nuclear power plant; MARGE (Julie Kavner) tries to keep the peace in her family; BART (Nancy Cartwright) is the mischievous 10-year-old hellion; eight-year-old LISA (Yeardley Smith) is the intelligent, saxophone-playing, vegetarian member of the family; and baby MAGGIE conveys emotions via pacifier sucks. You've seen the rest, now watch the best. It's The Simpsons Harlem Shake.

50 of the Most Beautiful Women Ever - Morph

This video shows my nominations for 50 of the most beautiful movie stars ever. The accompanying song "Different Dreams" was written by Richard Kates and sung by Claire Moore. Richard Kates is at http://www.RichardKates.com.

This morph includes Greta Garbo, Katherine Hepburn, Carole Lombard, Ginger Rogers, Vivien Leigh, Hedy Lamarr, Ingrid Bergman, Olivia de Havilland, Joan Fontaine, Rita Hayworth, Jennifer Jones, Maureen Ohara, Gene Tierney, Lana Turner, Jane Russell, Deborah Kerr, Veronica Lake, Ava Gardner, Joan Collins, Lauren Bacall, Marilyn Monroe, Gina Lollabrigida, Janet Leigh, Jean Simmons, Audrey Hepburn, Grace Kelly, Elizabeth Taylor, Kim Novak, Sophia Loren, Bridget Bardot, Claudia Cardinale, Natalie Wood, Julie Christie, Ann Margret, Raquel Welch, Catherine Deneuve, Farrah Fawcett, Carole Bouquet, Michelle Pfeiffer, Meg Ryan, Helen Hunt, Halle Berry, Nicole Kidman, Julia Roberts, Naomi Watts, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Jennifer Connelly, Penelope Cruz, Angelina Jolie, Charize Theron and Natalie Portman. They are arranged in order of their birth with the oldest listed first and the yougest last.

Landscapes: Volume Two

Landscapes: Volume 2 is the second of a three part series. Every frame of this video is a raw still from a Canon 5D2 DSLR and processed with Adobe software. In Volume 2 I again show off my beautiful home state of Arizona and I also made several trips to Utah. This video has some iconic landmarks that we have seen before. I felt that showing them again with motion controlled HDR and/or night timelapse would be a new way to see old landmarks.

Landscapes: Volume Two from Dustin Farrell on Vimeo.

Post Traumatic 'Harlem Shake' Disorder - (PTHSD)

Have you been suffering from regret and embarrassment after participating in a Harlem Shake video? Shaky Grove Treatment Center is here to help you move on with your life.

Kittens On The Beat

The gray kitten is Roto, and the black one is Bowie!

"2013 Independent Spirit Awards: Best Screenplay Nominees" — A Bad Lip Reading

BLR was asked to create a series of clips for the 2013 Film Independent Spirit Awards, which was hosted by Andy Samberg on February 23rd. This video was shown as part of the ceremony and television broadcast. http://www.spiritawards.com/

50 Most Traumatizing Moments from Kids' Movies

College Humor compiles the 50 most traumatizing scenes from cartoons and films made for children.

CollegeHumor's Favorite Funny Videos

ScienceCasts: What Exploded Over Russia?

Visit http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/... for more.

Two weeks after an asteroid exploded over Russia's Ural mountains, scientists are making progress understanding the origin and make-up of the unexpected space rock. This week's ScienceCast presents their latest results.

World's Most Insane Rope Swing Ever!!! - Canyon Cliff Jump

See the world's most insane rope swing ever! Jumping into a gorge swinging on a 300 ft rope. Watch the behind the scenes in the link http://youtu.be/CpCxIL3r5dM

Hans Rosling: The magic washing machine

What was the greatest invention of the industrial revolution? Hans Rosling makes the case for the washing machine. With newly designed graphics from Gapminder, Rosling shows us the magic that pops up when economic growth and electricity turn a boring wash day into an intellectual day of reading.

In Hans Rosling’s hands, data sings. Global trends in health and economics come to vivid life. And the big picture of global development—with some surprisingly good news—snaps into sharp focus